attenuated vaccine

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Vaccine made from a live organism that targets cells of the immune system but has been engineered or weakened so as not to cause disease.
See also: inactivated vaccine, live attenuated vaccine
Source:
PAC, 2012, 84, 1113. (IUPAC glossary of terms used in immunotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2012)) on page 1129 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'attenuated vaccine' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.12911 RIS BibTex EndNote
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